As a friendly reminder, before you are ready to read "Grandma's Apology Letter", please prepare a tissue and be prepared to laugh until your stomach hurts. If you miss this book, you will not be able to forgive yourself.
"Grandma's Apology Letter", the second novel by European healing writer Bachmann, has achieved great success in countries around the world, making Buckman swedish Writer of the Year in 2016. The author Buckman not only makes us fall in love with this overly lively grandmother, but also falls in love with life again.
It's a story of love, forgiveness, and protection that's hard to forget after closing the book.
There's an overlidden grandmother in the book: she takes her seven-year-old granddaughter Aisha into the zoo at night to watch monkeys; hits the police with balls; eats grilled meat while driving while smoking, controls the steering wheel with her knees; dresses the snowman so that neighbors mistakenly think someone has fallen off the balcony; and even steals yellow shopping bags at IKEA. Everything about Grandma is both infuriating and funny. But even superheroes have a day when they lose their superpowers. Her grandmother's unfortunate death from cancer left Aisha with a daunting task of sending her grandmother's apology letter to nine neighbors she had offended. Recipients include a big dog who loves candy, a monster who keeps washing his hands, an annoying spirit who manages things from side to side, and an alcoholic psychologist. This trip to deliver letters made Aisha gradually discover that the stories of her grandmother and neighbors were more exciting than all the fairy tales she had heard.
Grandma carefully guarded Elsa, keeping her innocent and kind, and playing with Aisha. Grandma doesn't care about other people's evaluations, she only cares about whether Aisha will be happy, Aisha is happy, she is happy. In the eyes of others, Grandma is deviant, but in Aisha's eyes, Grandma is a hero, only she understands Aisha and protects Aisha. Grandma, who is regarded as a superhero, tells Aisha a truth: you can not be excellent, but your heart must be strong.
From Grandma's apology letter, we can feel Grandma's deep love for Aisha, she is not really doing something wrong, but a kind of reluctance to leave Aisha. Grandma taught her the most important thing, that is, to have a heart that can forgive others, to discover the cuteness of the people around her, and to be a different version of herself.
In the end, Grandma also apologized and forgave all those she had hurt and hurt her through letters of apology, as Grandma showed in the letter, forgiveness makes love stronger and more powerful. Through the mouth of his grandmother, the author also told us that in the face of difficulties and space, we must guard our hearts and guard our bravery and strength.